Themes
Introduction
"First I had to come get my daughter." Said Josh Cameron after he won one of his games. page 246
Family
One of the themes in the book is family. The whole plot of the book is Molly Parker trying to tell Josh Cameron that Molly is really his daughter. Since Molly's mom died and Molly never met her dad, Molly has nowhere to live. So before Molly's mom died she said if she ever dies that Molly would live with one of her mom's great friends from college, Barbara Evans. Molly and Josh Cameron are really family, but throughout the whole book he never believes her. The whole story is about the subject of family. Molly understands the life of being a step-daughter and a real daughter. With the family Molly has, she should have never had experienced that. This is one of the themes in the book Miracle on 49th Street.
Relationships
One of the themes in the book is relationships. The book talks about the relationships between Barbara and Josh. The whole book is about Molly and Josh being family and the love for one another. But also the book talks about the relationship between Molly and Barbara and the decision about Josh and if Molly can stay with him or stay with Barbara. Those relationships are almost like battles themselves in the book. This is one of the themes in the book Miracle on 49th Street.
Responsibility
One of the themes in the book is responsibility. Responsibility is one of the themes in the book in my opinion because both Barbara and Josh should have been so much more responsibile with Molly being their step-daughter and real daughter. Especially Josh, because the way he spoke to Molly was so poor, I think Josh doesn't even deserve to be a parent. Furthermore, if you have a child you should take care of them and love them with all of your heart, and in the beginning of the book, Josh did not show that at all. But in the end of the book he deserved to be a parent for the first time. He was finally responsible. This is one of the themes in the book Miracle on 49th Street.